1 Timothy 2

1 Timothy 2

Instructions concerning Prayer

¹First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone,

²for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.[#Ezra 6.10; Rom 13.1]

³This is right and acceptable before God our Savior,[#Rom 12.2; 1 Tim 4.10]

⁴who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.[#Jn 3.16; 2 Tim 2.25]

⁵For[#Gal 3.20; Heb 9.15]

there is one God;

there is also one mediator between God and humankind,

Christ Jesus, himself human,

⁶who gave himself a ransom for all[#Mk 10.45; 1 Cor 1.6; Gal 4.4]

—this was attested at the right time.

⁷For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth; I am not lying), a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.[#Gal 1.16; Eph 3.7, 8; #2.7 Other ancient authorities add in Christ]

⁸I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,

⁹also that the women should dress themselves in moderate clothing with reverence and self-control, not with their hair braided or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes,

¹⁰but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God.

¹¹Let a woman learn in silence with full submission.[#2.11 Or wife]

¹²I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.[#2.12 Or wife; #2.12 Or her husband]

¹³For Adam was formed first, then Eve,[#Gen 1.27; 1 Cor 11.8]

¹⁴and Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.[#Gen 3.6; 2 Cor 11.3]

¹⁵Yet she will be saved through childbearing, provided they continue in faith and love and holiness, with self-control.